Camargo and Deric impress against Monterrey

In what was supposed to be a friendly between the two teams, Houston and Monterrey match devolved from a celebration of the beautiful game into a WWE style Battle Royale.

It really does no good to point fingers, but it is the responsibility of referee Jasen Anno to control the match and he clearly failed at that responsibility. Monterrey players Humberto Suazo and Luis Ernesto Pérez lost the plot and the match ended with three ejections and way too many yellow cards for a friendly. While it may be easy to point to some perceived lack of fairness by the referee as some sort of justification for the physical turn of the match, one would think that professional players would be able to act more professionally.

As for the positives, Houston got to play a competitive match during the international break and the Dynamo appeared to escape the match without any serious injuries. Tyler Deric continues to play well when given the opportunity. Brazilian Luiz Camargo was active throughout the match, but most of it was played against nine opponents. Geoff Cameron continues to look solid as a central defender. Cam Weaver looked very strong holding the ball up and scoring the opening goal of the game.

What were your thoughts on the match? Which Dynamo players impressed? Monterrey fans, why do you think the game got out of hand so quickly?